Official UK procurement notice
Shire Housing Association - Legal Services Framework Agreement
Authority: Shire Housing Association Ltd (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLegal services Framework Agreement for Shire Housing Association. It is intended that the most economically advantageous tenderer with be appointed as the Associations legal services provider. The second ranked supplier will be appointed as a reserve supplier and will be used if the principal supplier cannot act for the Association for any reason including but not limited to a real, perceived or apparent conflict of interest.
- Recurrence: May 2029
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers · 4 bids received (2.0 per place) · 2 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a principal and a reserve legal services…Awarded
The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a principal and a reserve legal services provider to operate under a framework for the supply of legal services, including but not limited to:
- Contract, Commercial and Corporate
- Debt Recovery
- Litigation, Reparation, Employment and Inquiries
- Major Infrastructure, Commercial Projects and Related Litigation
- Property and Related Matters Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 40
- Price: 60
- Suitability
Bidders are required to be regulated and/or authorised (as appropriate) to practice law by the relevant professional regulatory body or bodies in the jurisdiction(s) in which they practice.
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders are required to be regulated and/or authorised (as appropriate) to practice law by the relevant professional regulatory body or bodies in the jurisdiction(s) in which they practice.
Unless otherwise agreed (e.g. in the case of proposed paralegal or trainee solicitors) individuals delivering services under the framework must be legally qualified and must hold an unrestricted practicing certificate issued by the relevant professional regulatory body (e.g. the Law Society of Scotland).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Shire Housing Association - Legal Services Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · May 2029
- First published
- 19 May 2025, 08:32 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Authority reference
ESP 4896- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066817- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051670Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:813565)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
19 Jun 2025 → 20 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown19 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected4 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published367 days ago20 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 066817-2025-ESP 4896-1
- Signed
- 15 Sept 2025
- Value
- £70,775
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- BTO Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- Harper Macleod LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria